Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Identification of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria Isolates by Polymerase Chain Reaction–Restriction Enzyme Analysis of 360-bp Fragment of rpoB Gene

Document Type : Original Article (s)

Authors
Shima Hadifar 1
Sharareh Moghim 2
Hajieh Gasemian-Safaei 3
Hosein Fazeli 4
Fariba Farid 5
Mohsen Moghoofei 1
Mansour Sedighi 1
Bahram Nasr-Esfahani 3
1 MSc Student, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine AND Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Nosocomial Infection Research Center AND Department of Microbiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4 Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center AND Department of Microbiology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
5 General Practitioner, Isfahan Provincial Tuberculosis Center, Deputy of Treatment, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Background: Diagnosis of mycobacterium genus provides a basis for investigating the epidemiology and pathogenesis of this group of bacteria. Regarding the prevalence of mycobacterial infection in Iran and because of the being neighborhood with countries among 22 high-burden countries, increasing attention to mycobacterial diseases and introducing molecular epidemiology of Mycobacteria seems to be necessary. Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Polymerase Chain Reaction-Amplified Fragments (PCR-RFLP) is an inexpensive and accurate method providing diagnosis of mycobacterial species. The present study aimed to determine the common types of Mycobacteria in this geographical region by mentioned method.Methods: 34 clinical isolates were collected and cultured and identified by phenotypic methods. A 360-bp fragment of the rpoB gene was amplified by PCR and then, PCR products were digested by the two enzymes, MspI and HaeIII. Digested fragments were analyzed by using 4% metaphor agarose gel electrophoresis.Findings: Out of 34 species of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTMs), M. fortuitum type I with the frequency of 82.35% was the most frequent type and M. gordonae type I and M. kansasii type I both with the frequency of 5.88% and M. gordonae type II and M. intracellular both with the frequency of 2.94% were the next.Conclusion: The PCR-RFLP analysis of rpoB gene used for identification of Mycobacteria provided valid results in this geographical area. In this study, M. kansasii type I (HeaIII: 90/205, MspI: 30/40/60/175) and M. avium (HeaIII: 270; MspI: 40/80/105) were identical to the patterns of some studies and different from others. This study demonstrated the high sensitivity (100%) of used PCR-RFLP analysis method for identification of Mycobacteria.
Keywords
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
rpoB gene
Identification
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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 31, Issue 266 - Serial Number 266
November and December 2014
Pages 2131-2138

  • Receive Date 04 December 2013
  • Accept Date 06 April 2022